The Shortcut is a 2009 horror-thriller film directed by Nicholaus Goossen. The movie stars Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco and Katrina Bowden. Adam Sandler production company, Happy Madison Productions made the movie, with Sandler serving as an Executive Producer. The movie was released Direct-to-DVD on September 29, 2009 in the USA. In 1945 a young couple, Ivor Hartley and Irene are leaving the homecoming dance. The couple take a shortcut through the woods where they begin to make out. Irene wants to stop but Ivor attempts to rape her. She manages to injure him however so he... leaves. As Irene makes her way out of the shortcut, Benjamin Hartley attacks her, hitting her over the head with a rock and killing her. It is revealed that Benjamin has growing health issues, and eventually begins to murder anyone he sees using the shortcut. Ivor, and the rest of Benjamin's family then hide him away from the rest of the world, by shackling him to the basement by a chain around his neck.
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| Release date: | September 29, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Nicholaus Goossen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Adam Sandler |
| Cinematography: | Mark Irwin |
| Estimated budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |